Health & Science

On any given week, “The Pulse” team is digging around for unique and fascinating health and science topics for the podcast. Here, they share a few fun facts.

The legislation was inspired by 17-year-old Paul St. Pierre of Maple Shade.

Dr. Jessica Beard’s prior research found that reporting — particularly TV news — that focuses on single events often causes further harm to shooting victims.

In 2013, WHYY sought to expand its health and science footprint, and “The Pulse” was born. Here’s how it evolved and how it looks today.

The latest development comes after more than a year and a half of failed settlement negotiations in the federal civil case.

Local pharmacists are beginning to feel the weight of Rite Aid’s closures, and some might not be able to take on more patients.

What was once the the St. Mary by-the-Sea Retreat House now focuses on the migration of different species, including monarch butterflies.

Reports of an "outbreak" of some as yet unidentified canine respiratory illness are scaring dog owners. But veterinarians and researchers aren't panicking.

We take a deep dive into the secrets of the ocean with physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski, and stories about research at the bottom of the sea.

A CDC analysis of 2022 data finds that U.S. life expectancy is improving after being knocked backwards during the COVID emergency.

Last year, the CDC reported 6,461 COVID-related deaths in New Jersey, or about five times the number of people who died from the flu in the Garden State.

Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators.

A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.

Philly’s Community Doula Support Program launched in early 2020 in response to rising drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people.